An ethnographic study of gender, place and belonging, Affective Intensities introduces readers to the embodied sensations, flows and experiences of being in extreme music scenes in Australia and Japan.

Autorentext

Rosemary Overell completed a PhD on extreme metal music at the University of Melbourne, Australia. After teaching in Melbourne, she moved to the University of Otago, New Zealand, to take up a lecturer position in the Department of Media, Film and Communication. Currently, she is researching how nikkeijin (Japanese-Brazilians working in Japan) relate to Japanese national space through their experiences in extreme metal music.

Inhalt
Contents Introduction 1. A Grisly Scene? Extreme Metal Music, Belonging and Ethnography 2. Brutal Belonging in Brutal Spaces 3. Idiots and Wankers: Grindcore Sociality 4. I Hate Girls and Emotions: Brutal Sociality 5. Brutal Belonging in Other Spaces Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Endnotes Index